maqetta/maqetta — Issue #1100: Reviewers should have option to receive email when other reviewers comment
Author: JonFerraiolo
Created: 2011-10-26 16:22:35+00:00
State: open
Labels: Priority Med, Review and Commenting, UI

@EldonReturn, @jmockler, @waynevicknair, @jhpedemonte

The review feature sends emails to the author whenever people comment on a design, but there is no notifications sent to reviewers when other people add comments.

In particular, one would expect that if reviewer R1 adds a comment, and other people (e.g., the author) reply to their comment (i.e., comment on a comment), then R1 probably would like to know about those "replies".

I'm not sure about how best to package the UI for this. Some options:

* __Global option across entire review session__: If "email notification" checkbox is on when the review is created, both author and all reviewers get emails whenever anyone adds a comments or replies to a comment
* __Two notification checkboxes in new review wizard__: Offer two checkbox, one for the author to get notified with each review comment and a second checkbox about whether to bombard reviewers with notifications
* __Two notification dropdown menus in new review wizard__: Offer two dropdown menus that allow the author to choose whether reviewers should receive no notifications, immediate email notifications with each change, immediate email notificiations of comments on their comments, or daily digests
* __User preference for review notifications__: We might offer a preference option which allows user A to indicate how he wants to receive notifications when he is author (perhaps default is immediate emails) and when he is reviewer (perhaps default is daily digest), with an option for users to opt out of the notifications

It would be good to offer a daily digest option so that email notifications are batched on a daily basis.